Contingency or Retained Search?

Frequently, our clients ask how they can develop a partnership with us, since they want to count on our firm to recruit for them on an exclusive, or nearly exclusive basis. And with such a shortage of quality business talent, a retainer, or startup fee paves the way. When a client retains our service, we become virtual employees of the firm or company that pays the startup fee. (That down payment is usually applied to the final fee.)

Naturally, we give more attention to those organizations that have retained us than those that give us contingency assignments. In some cases, we provide a fee discount or refund guarantee for our retainer clients, depending on the situation. Ask us about the discount and guarantee!